I moved to Carlow in August last year mostly because it was handy for Dublin with the new M9 nearby and not as expensive as Dublin. Little did I know what treasures there were to find here. And I'm only beginning the great discoveries.
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| The VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Arts & G B Shaw Theatre |
To make friends and meet new people I decided to check out The VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Arts as a friend of mine had told me about it. I was enchanted the first time I went there for lunch in Lennons @VISUAL, the wonderful restaurant that is part of the building. Not only is The VISUAL a remarkable space for art (being able to house the largest art works in Ireland because of the main gallery), there is also the 300 seat George Bernard Shaw Theatre, where I have since managed to see some of the best productions I've seen anywhere. More on that later. At the time that I first went to The VISUAL they had an exhibit by the artist Sonja Landweer, a retrospective of her work over 50 years. After the viewing, I asked if they needed volunteers and it turned out that they had a new volunteer meeting that following Monday. I went along and signed up as an invigilator in the galleries and then got to spend many happy hours amongst all the beautiful art.
